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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
... a sophomore at Western Washington, last week finished 31st overall at the Division II national cross-country meet in Evansville, Ind., recording an All-American time. She topped a field of 799 women with a time of 2:58:59.Breihof's closest pursuers were Katrina Tucker, 28, of Vancouver, B.C. (3:01:23), Catrin Jones, 30, of Victoria (3:03:28), Nell Stephenson, 35, of Pacific Palisades, Calif....
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globophobe (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
The massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao this week was so atrocious and senseless that Globophobe feels compelled to post a comment, something that we have not had much time to do of late. Among those killed were a dozen journalists. This has made the Philippines the most dangerous place in the world for reporters. The slaughter will be a shameful blot on the image of the country for many years...
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Entertainment and Showbiz! (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... 1,200,” he said. “Last year, it was 750.” Derek Williams, 20, 2007 Northridge graduate, runs cross country and track at the University of Cincinnati took first place among all participants and won a gift certificate. “We’ve kind of built it into a family tradition,” he said. “We run off the calories we’re going to eat later.” Annie Beecham ex student of Granville High School took...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... to the 95-year-old, who emigrated to the US in 1937 and changed her name to Margaret Lambert. The country's track and field association has restored her achievement to the record books, calling the decision an "act of justice and a symbolic gesture" while acknowledging it "can in no way make up" for the past. It also requested that she be included in Germany's...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Gina Procaccio wanted her Villanova runners to be relaxed at the NCAA Division I women's cross-country championships, so she reverted to the comedic form she had shown throughout the season.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... They’re also planning a symposium to make sure the next person they suspect is a man in a female track outfit is at least treated with a bit of decency. Semenya could also be spared the further indignity of the public release of her most private medical records. If things are handled right, the world may never know the intimate details of her gender tests. Too late Sadly, it’s all too late...
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The Jacksonville Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... Orlando.“Last year came as a surprise. We were performing extremely well, so everyone across the country was caught unprepared. This year, the merchandising level and staffing are appropriate. That will make everyone fare a lot better.”Consumers will also approach online holiday shopping cautiously, according to The Consumer Internet Barometer, a separate survey produced quarterly by The...
